ThommyLA
@thommyla.bsky.social
Lifelong Californian. Inaugural Gen X-er. Vegetarian atheist not into sports...what could possibly go wrong?
‘They come in droves’: How robotaxis hog EV chargers in one corner of Southern California - Los Angeles Times apple.news/Ade16XBKVR5W...
‘They come in droves’: How robotaxis hog EV chargers in one corner of Southern California — Los Angeles Times
Drivers say the robotaxis are taking up charging spots at public stations, as San Diego officials push for more control over autonomous vehicles.
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“We see widespread opposition to this and frustration on the part of communities that they were never informed; they were never involved in this decision to use the technology in the first place.”
Welcome to the Flock elections
Candidates across the spectrum are suddenly campaigning against the spread of license plate cameras.
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"For years, the crypto industry has tried to shed its affiliation with crime while marketing itself as a safe alternative to traditional banking and investing. But once again, a record-shattering heist is deepening concerns about crypto’s vulnerabilities." | Analysis: https://cnn.it/4A8l63U
Two of Trump's fans walked into a Minneapolis polling place in disguise and gave a real voter's name. One election judge didn't buy it. Now they're charged with felonies. Share this so every poll worker working Tuesday knows we've got their back: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/really-bad...
In 1986 on CNN's Crossfire, Frank Zappa predicted this country would move towards a fascist theocracy and everyone laughed at him. Welp...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sent letters Thursday to election officials in all 50 states telling them to preserve ballots and other election records — and warning that willful violations of federal record-keeping law can carry criminal penalties. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ warns election officials in all 50 states of criminal penalties days before midterms
The letters specifically point to penalties of up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine for willfully failing to comply.
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Republicans are sending mailers falsely implying AOC has endorsed Danielle Ford, an independent candidate on the ballot for governor of Nevada. The Democratic candidate is named Aaron Ford. But surely that's just pure innocent happenstance, otherwise it would be a massive national scandal.
There’s no real question that data centers are conservative speech. That’s why institutions need to protect data centers from scholarly critique. Expect more and not less of this, although it probably won’t be this bumbling and transparent. Sheesh.
Uljana Feest@ufeest.bsky.social · 22h ago
RFK just doubled down on this racist argument with a ridiculously long and clearly AI-generated history lesson on X, illustrated by this chart comparing the number of Jewish Nobel winners to Muslims. JFC dude, leave us out of your bigoted bullshit.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 5d agoRFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
Giving Ghislaine Maxwell cushier accommodations isn't reward enough for being a notorious serial pedophile. Donald Trump now floats the idea of pardoning her. It would be done as a professional courtesy between serial child rapists. Despicable.
Donald Trump says he'll speak to DOJ about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.
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ICE broke Erik Zepeda's wrist—a special needs student in California—and he wasn't even who they were looking for. No apology, no accountability. NOTHING. I am sick and tired of ICE's cruelty and unchecked violence. VOTE.
Trump says there is no money for health care or child care but wants to spend TRILLIONS on forever wars. This is NOT what the American people need or want.
✅ Good news: The DOJ’s lawsuit in Alaska is bullshit, and they are going to lose. ❌ Bad news: The DOJ will try this again and again in state after state. “This is their strategy,” Marc Elias says. “This is their only hope.” Headlines tell you what happened. Follow us to know what it means.
"The company that owned a private prison in Appleton offered to sell it to MN for $75m Year later, Trump agreed to use taxpayer $ to buy it from CoreCivic for $495.6m The price difference, $420m, is more than was lost in much-publicized Feeding Our Future scandal" www.kare11.com/article/news...
When you're paying more for health care, remember that it's because Senate Republicans cared more about giving a tax cut to billionaires in their Big Bad Bill than lowering costs for you.
President Trump will no longer travel to Kansas for a rally on Saturday as previously announced, instead holding a series of telerallies. Republicans are worried about losing the seat, as incumbent GOP Sen. Roger Marshall is locked in a close race.
Trump cancels Kansas rally before midterm elections to hold virtual events
Trump was originally scheduled to visit Salina, Kansas, on Saturday, one of the final stops in his packed schedule of midterm rallies to boost Republican candidates.
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the courts have told Trump repeatedly that "national security" is a shibboleth that lets him do whatever he wants, so everything is national security now ballroom? national security golf course? national security arch? you better believe it, national security
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 3d agoInbox: Trump officials file their arguments as a federal judge weighs whether to halt Triumphal Arch. Several senior officials argue that Trump's planned arch is essential for national security. PETE HEGSETH: "The Arch is a generational national defense opportunity."
This is a simply astonishing video. Americans should watch it for decades as they try to understand this historical period.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago😳 Trump loses it and SNAPS at a string of reporters, says Ilhan Omar might "go to jail," calls Somalia "a shit house," and boasts that thanks to a new program he announced today Americans "will make millions of dollars by turning others in" during absolutely deranged Oval Office event Supercut:
BREAKING: A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's systems and that agency has had to 'temporarily shut down' its web-facing services as a result, according to an email seen by Reuters reut.rs/4zY7fwQ
There's so much else wrong with this stupid lawsuit but on this specific point: despite being "busy" with "lives" and "jobs," Alaskans were able to spell M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I when they reelected her to the Senate as a write-in candidate in 2010 after she lost the GOP primary.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoQ: Why shouldn't Alaskans find it insulting that the administration is suggesting they can't read the word 'incumbent' on their ballot and know to vote for Sen. Sullivan? JD VANCE: People are busy. People have lives. People have jobs.
Another day, another record high tide in San Diego
Netanyahu is sounding utterly desperate today. He's posting non-stop about high Arab voting turnout to create hysteria and fear. He also released a video statement claiming "They are trying to steal the election from us!" Arab Israelis make up 21% of the Israeli electorate.
CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.
Jeremy Lewin killed hundreds of thousands without a signed employment agreement.
WIRED@wired.com · 4d agoDespite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.
In letter to Washington’s SOS threatening legal action over alleged noncitizens on rolls, DOJ gets the date wrong for the election, writing Nov. 2, 2026. Election Day is Nov. 3. And they misspell voter rolls as “roles” MS NOW obtained a copy of DOJ letter demanding WA set aside ballots
